Window-insert for umbrellas.



R. 0. FLUES.

WINDOW INSERT FOR UMBRELLAS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1911.

1,023,635. Patented A r. 16, 1912'.

IN VE N TOR WITNESSES k owrt Cfi'lzqaf" C By :I M AITORNEYS citizen of the United UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW-INSERT FOR U'MBBELLAS.

i 1 1,023,635. Specification of letters a Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application filed Key 6, 1911. Serial 625,480.

the heat whereof transmitted ,to the coating 18 partially melts the, samefso that adhesion between the materials occurs.

.It is to reinforce theconstruotion, and at the same time to'prevent gathering or warping thereof that I provide the crossed lines of stitches 15 and 16. The stitches 15. and 16 are applied by anysuitable method, such as'sewing machines, and travel around through the materials in opposite directions of the travel of the feeder of the sewingmachine. In this manner the drawing of the tension being in opposite directions avoids the warping or gathering of the material. A further reinforcement of the connection is formed by the edge stitches 17 and 18. In applying these stitches. as in the stitches 15 and 16. they travel in opposite direction of feed of the-sewing machine.

The inserts herein described are preferably sold as articles of commerce in the shape shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, it being left to the purchaser to apply the insert to an umbrella owned by the said purchaser. Vl hen thus manufactured the overhanging sections 19 of the rings 14 are provided on the inner surface with the adhesive coating 20, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The coating 20 when subjected to heat as in the manner above described with reference to the coating 13, forms an adhesive to unite the loose sections 19 of the rings 14 with the body 21 of the umbrella. It will be understood that the umbrella, to receive the insert. has formed therein an opening shaped to the form of the transparency 12. When the insert is applied to the urnhrella and to the edges of the opening thus formed the sections 19 are spread and properly overlaid upon the material of the body of the umbrella at this point. The application of heat by the ordinary means of a: fiatiron will then serve to form the adhesion required. The umbrella when thus pro vided with the insert will appear as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The transparencv 12 being constructed from flexible material. such as film celluloid, or other suitable material. does not interfere with the rolling of the material of the umbrella when said is not being used. It is to prevent the adhesion of the edges 19 each to the other when carried in stock or storage that I have provided a ring 22 of waxed paper or other non-adhesive material. At the moment of applying the insert to the umbrella struc- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT C. FLUES, a States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the count of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and 1m:-

roved lVindow-Insert -.for Umbrellas, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide an umbrella with a transparent section through which a view may be obtained by a person carrying the umbrella while the same is carried in a lowered position to fend against a pending storm; to furnish transparent sections to be inserted in the umbrella structure; and to provide means for attaching inserts of the character mentioned readily and quickly in osition. I

One embodiment of tlie present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, in which like characters of re erence denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a view of an insert constructed and arran ed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a cross section. on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a pictorial view of an umbrella having an insert constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 4 is a pictorial view of an umbrella having applied thereto an insert constructed and arranged in a modified form; Fig. 5 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 4; and Fi 7 is a detail view of the transparency emp eyed in connection with the present invention.

'As shown in the accompanying drawings, and as best disclosed in Fig. ,7, the transparency 12 is constructed preferably of an oval form as best serving the purpose for which the said transparency is intended. Adjacent the periphery of the insert there is formed an edge coating 13 constructed of any suitable adhesive or cement. Covering the coating 13 on each side of the transparency 12 are cloth rings 14. The rings 14 are secured to the transparency 12 in the first instance by means of the coating 13. This is accomplished by placing the rings in position, suitable cloth being provided, and then placing a warm fiat-iron over the material 1 ture the ring 22 is remored and discarded. In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 6 the transparency is prorided with one ring 14 only, the ring 14 on the outer side being dispensed with. This application is made only in factories where the fabric of the umbrella is neatly out to the innershape of the rin 14. In this case the transparency is appl ed directly to the stock of the umbrella,

v as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what transparent section shaped to fit between the folds of an umbrella, the portions of said section on opposite sides thereof adjacent the edge thereof being provided with an adhesive coating; a plurality of fabric sectio'ns adhered to said transparent section, said fabric sections having an opening formed therein; and an adhesive surface formed on said fabric secti'onsl In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT C. FLUES.

Witnesses:

E. F. Monsoon, Jonx P. DAVIS. 

